Page 30 - Issue 48

ELITE
Vol.1, Issue 48, October 2022

Report on the Center for Political Research and
Studies and Intercultural Dialogue’s Panel Talk

entitled “Climate Change and its Repercussions
on Human Security”

Menna-t-Allah Hossam Enan - Level 3 - Economics
menatallah.annan2020@feps.edu.eg
The Center for Political Research and Studies and Dr. Beelal then began his presentation, where he
Intercultural Dialogue (CPRSID) held a panel talk entitled emphasized the fact that climate change has turned from
"Climate Change and its Repercussions on Human a challenge to a threat, and accordingly, his speech
Security" on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at the Faculty of revolved around three main axes; the first is climate
Economics and Political Science - Cairo University. change, the second is food security, and the third is the
Where the center hosted both Dr. Beelal Ali Abdelhamed, relationship between the two previous axes.
Chief assistant of the Climate Change Information and In the beginning, he went over the definitions of some
Expert Systems Center at the Agricultural Research terms such as "climate change" and "global warming",
Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land in addition to explaining the mechanism of greenhouse
Reclamation, who attended on behalf of Dr. Mohammed gases in the formation of the global warming
Ali Fahim, Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and phenomenon, while clarifying the importance of these
Land Reclamation and Chief of the Climate Change gases in maintaining the balance of the Earth's
Center at the Ministry of Agriculture and Dr. Nilly Kamal temperature. Moreover, he highlighted the fact that the
Elamir, Environmental and Development Affairs Expert. major industrial countries like China and the United
The talk dealt with the various effects of climate change States are the main drivers of climate change. However,
on food security and human security, and national and despite that, individual and societal responsibility are
international efforts to confront and reduce these effects, essential in order to face the dangers of climate change.
especially in Egypt and the countries of the south. He also clarified that while Egypt is one of the most
Dr. Hala Ahmed Al-Rashidi, Assistant Professor at the vulnerable countries to the silent effects of climate
Department of Political Science and Director of the Center change -which are more difficult to monitor and
began the talk by introducing the guests and emphasizing discover- the political leadership's statements reflect the
the extent of the danger of climate change on developing depth of its awareness of the climate issue and its
countries. She also shed light on the controversial issue of readiness for it.
climate justice and who should be responsible for He then moved to talk about the second axis, where he
repairing the environmental and climate damage. Does the explained the difference between food security and self-
weight fall on the developed countries, who are the main sufficiency, in addition to identifying challenges, axes
contributors to climate change, or the developing and driving forces of food security.
countries, who are the most affected by these changes, He stressed that had it not been for the proactive
despite their small role in causing these changes? developmental measures taken by the Egyptian state, it

#4YEARS_ELITE 27